secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-21-000022
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar Q2 EPS $0.77, net sales $629M, cuts full-year guidance on freight costs
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- Net sales of $629M, down $174M QoQ due to project sales; module segment revenue rose.
- Net income per diluted share $0.77 vs $1.96 prior quarter; operating income $110M.
- YTD net bookings of 9.0 GW DC; 4.1 GW DC since prior earnings call.
- Full-year EPS guidance lowered to $4.00-$4.60 from $4.05-$4.75; capex raised to $825-875M.
- Started site prep for Ohio 3.3 GW factory; announced additional 3.3 GW expansion in India.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449421000022/0001274494-21-000022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449421000022/fslr-20210729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-21-000022

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